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Pumpkin Patch Hours

October 7-31

Monday-Friday: 3 PM - 7 PM

Saturday: 9 AM - 7 PM

Sunday: 12 PM - 7 PM

* Credit cards only. We are cashless. *

Pumpkin Unloading Saturday, October 7, 2023

We need ALL youth and families to help unload. We will unload rain or shine. Meet on the front lawn at 10:00 and we will have pizza after unloading to celebrate the start of the sale. The pumpkins will be on pallets in the front of the church on the yard and small team of volunteers will unload the pumpkins and set them on the yard in advance. Wear or bring old clothes and tennis shoes. NOTE:  Pumpkin unloading does NOT count as one of your required sales shifts!

Pumpkin Selling – What You Need to Know

  1. Every youth does 3 shifts. One shift must be on a weekend.
  2. One adult per family does 3 shifts. One shift must be on a weekend. If the family has more than 1 child in youth group, they are not required to do 3 shifts for each child. HOWEVER, they are strongly encouraged to do more than just 3 total.
  3. All youth and youth families are asked to help with pumpkin unloading on October 7 at 10:00.
  4. The first full weekend is especially busy and needs the most help.
  5. If you do all required shifts, you earn a Pumpkin Credit, which is $100 towards one trip. You must still pay any deposit associated with the trip. Credit cannot be split across multiple trips. Credit must be used before next year’s pumpkin patch.
  6. Families and youth sign up for shifts on Sign-Up Genius.
  7. At the patch, detailed instructions are in the big pumpkin notebook.
  8. People who have the closing shift will be contacted by someone who will give directions for closing procedures.
  9. We are fully cashless this year. All transactions are card only.
  10. Youth should always either be out in the patch assisting customers or helping turn the pumpkins – not sitting down at the table with the cell phones.

Why Do We Sell Pumpkins?

Pumpkin sales are a long-standing tradition (25 plus years) at Highland as a fundraiser for the youth program.  The youth program is a line item in the church budget, meaning that we receive funds from the church just as other groups do; however, our youth program is large and busy and we cannot operate on just the funds we receive through the regular church budget.

People in the area near Highland come each year to buy pumpkins from us.  They look forward to taking photos of their children in the pumpkin patch, and we have families who have come for many years and have photos of their kids each Halloween at Highland!  It is an opportunity to share about our church as people ask questions about the youth program and other events!

Where Do We Get the Pumpkins?

Our pumpkins come locally from North Carolina with a wide variety of gourds and pumpkins. From standard Jack-o Lantern carving pumpkins all the way to Blue and Pink doll pumpkins, with everything in between.

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